African Agriculture and Food Systems
Former Prime Minister and head of the President’s food and agriculture council urges HortiLogistica Africa delegates to turn connections into contracts, and to measure the results. ARUSHA, 9…
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At the opening of HortiLogistica Africa 2026, the Vice President set out the size of the prize, admitted the losses holding farmers back, and ordered Arusha’s idle flower…
The continent’s first international horticulture trade platform draws exhibitors from 45 countries. Leaders call for an end to post-harvest losses, the revival of rose exports, and connections that…
Practical value-chain guide covering Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania
Government, investors and service providers sign 58 commitments to speed up agricultural transformation in Morogoro. The Regional Administrative Secretary warns that the real test is poverty reduction. MOROGORO,…
The crop category with unique post-harvest disciplines: cassava cyanide management, sweet potato curing, yam barn architecture — and the regional value-add infrastructure question anchored by Africa Improved Foods
DAR ES SALAAM. The Agricultural Growth Corridors of Tanzania (AGCOT) Centre on 9 November 2026 hosted a delegation from Italy’s Fondazione Lombardia per l’Ambiente (FLA). The meeting explored…
Korean planners will draw up the master plan for the Hombolo Thematic Satellite City, which will be linked to Msalato International Airport and the Mtumba Government City By…
Ministry calls for stronger public–private collaboration as review of the Bio and Emerging Technology Institute cites gains in crop development, livestock genetics, vaccines and industrial processing ADDIS ABABA,…
Commercial meat-chicken production — the imported commercial broiler hybrid and rapid-growth-cycle foundation, the structural FCR discipline, and the contract-broiler-and-QSR commercial-development reference — the sixth instalment of the Series
Sweet potato vines, cassava cuttings, yam setts — the vegetative seed systems that feed East Africa’s drylands and bio-fortify its diet
The inaugural fair brings growers, buyers and logistics firms together as Tanzania’s avocado shipments surpass their 2030 target and the country looks to help more farmers reach export…
Practical value-chain guide covering Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya
A conversation between Beno Mgaya and Fredy Magima: proof that Mkulima kwa Mkulima scales Beno Mgaya introduces the Lusitu Agribusiness Group’s farmer-to-farmer replication strategy through the story of…
The six commercial-export-and-domestic-industrial cash crops where post-harvest infrastructure quality most directly determines value capture — from coffee washing-station economics to the Mombasa tea auction to pyrethrins-content discipline
Commercial egg production — the imported commercial hybrid hen and day-old chick supply chain foundation, the Newcastle Disease vaccination discipline, and the Kenchic-anchored regional commercial poultry industry reference…
It is not known to be in Tanzania. The aim is to keep it that way. Here is what every avocado grower, nursery operator and trader should know…
As Africa's agricultural policy think tanks met in Addis Ababa from 26 to 29 October 2026, Board Chairperson Prof Andrew E. Temu argued that the continent's problem is…
The six export and industrial crops that earn East Africa’s foreign exchange — their clones, seedlings and setts
Practical value-chain guide covering Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda
The six oilseed crops that anchor regional cooking-oil supply, structural export economics, and emerging industrial-oil and biofuel value chains
The Farmer’s Choice-anchored Kenyan industry, the African Swine Fever discipline that structurally shapes regional pig commercial-development, and the emerging Ugandan smallholder pig commercial-integration trajectory — the fourth instalment…
The six oilseeds that decide East Africa’s edible-oil bill and its industrial future
Practical value-chain guide covering Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania